Another resident shares memories of Salem's Nordstrom store

Friday, April 6 marked the end of an era as Nordstrom closed its doors for the last time in downtown Salem.

It was almost exactly 38 years prior to then when Nordstrom opened as the nautilus of a brand new energized Salem downtown, and (became) the central link for the network of skybridges that kept our core intact while other city centers throughout the country were deteriorating.

Nordstrom was, to the very end, the key to the survival of our downtown. I joined hundreds of other Nordstrom shoppers last Friday to bid a tearful goodbye to the sales associates who made their Salem store so special.

My heart broke as I remembered endless shopping trips for birthday and Christmas gifts with my mom whom the Nordstrom associates never forgot.

Personally, and on behalf of my mom, I am forever thankful to Marianne in Petites, Susie, Linda, and Belinda in Point of View, Michael in Women’s Shoes, Denise in Customer Service, and all the others who went above and beyond.